Questions tagged [suffixes]
A suffix is an element of a language that is added to the end of a word.
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What does “-ass” mean as a suffix?
I can understand phrases like “bitch-ass punk”. I’m just not completely sure what exactly “-ass” means as a suffix. I’m watching Anora now and I just heard this:
The boss is old as fuck, and he’s, ...
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Is "beginnerness" a valid word?
Today, I used the word beginnerness in a sentence like so:
I did not use C++ for ages, plus I was never much good at it, so please excuse my beginnerness.
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I am a person, who is ...
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Is there Any logic in using -free or -less suffix
I'm wondering if is there a logic in choosing -less instead of -free suffix.
So is there Any criteria if we say wireless and not wirefree and sugarfree and not sugarless?
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An 'autopsy-esque table' or 'autopsy table-esque table'?
In this sentence I drafted, I am unsure if the modifier 'autopsy-esque' is correct or not for a table:
At the funeral home in Suzhou, the body of my friend was placed on an autopsy-esque table, in a ...
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Most of the verbs keep the suffix "e" because were used with the first-person singular in the Middle English
I’m uncertain about the ending "e" in the final form of many verbs.From the ChatGPT response: "The main factor behind the retention of the final "e" in many verbs is indeed ...
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What is the -iv- part in the word interconnectivity?
I'm writing a term thesis (I don't really know, if that is the correct way to name it, since I'm not from an English-speaking country), where I need to analyse a literary text. In the analysis there ...
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What type of noun can precede the suffix "-ship"
I realized -ship describes the number of people doing something, for example, membership, readership, and ridership. That's why I try googling the following words to see if they exist:
listenership
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What are roots and affixes, and how do they differ from etymology?
In English, what are "roots" and what are "affixes"? If a word in English is a compound word, or is derived from a compound in Latin, Greek, Old English or some other language, ...
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What is an antonym of -wards?
In words as eastwards and leftwards, -ward or -wards indicates the direction the object moves to. What is an adjective suffix for movement in the direction from? Needless to say, but metaphorical and ...
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What's the difference between "35 mile ish commutes" and "35ish mile commutes"?
ell.stackexchange.com:
(1) 35 mile ish commutes
Such placement of "ish" isn't clear to me.
Why is it grammatical to place "ish" after "mile"?
What does (1) mean?
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Zeroish, oneish, twoish, threeish, …, one hundred and fifty sevenish, …, a thousandish, …, a millionish, … — Can they all be used?
I'd like to find out when we can use "-ish" with numbers.
Am I right that we can add "-ish" to a number when we want to say an approximate number of something/someone?
For example:
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The meaning of "table worthy"
Does "table worthy" mean something that is good enough to be put on the table? Thank you!
Bread That's As Tableworthy As Your Turkey
This Thanksgiving, turn your side into your centerpiece ...
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Do the suffixes -ic and -ous have the same meaning?
When a word can use both of those suffixes, does it have the same meaning?
For example, 'polysemic' and 'polysemous'. Both from the noun 'polysemy'.
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Suffix -dom and -ness
Is there any difference between those suffixes (-dom and -ness) when both of them can be applied to a word?
Example:
richness
(uncountable) The state or quality of being rich; wealthiness, wealth, ...
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'Sectoral' or 'Sectorial'?
'Sectoral' vs 'Sectorial' — which is correct or, if in case that they're both correct, what is the distinction between them?
Context - Sectoral/Sectorial Regulator for e.g., FDA is the sectoral ...
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